⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 64 rebounds to 54- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 2:40 · LAL 56-52 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses technical free throw
Q2 6:33 · LAL 42-38 OKC
- Missed FT
Josh Hart misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:36 · LAL 89-91 OKC
- Flagrant
Tyson Chandler flagrant foul type 1
Q4 2:17 · LAL 92-99 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 4:54 · LAL 45-49 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q4 10:25 · LAL 85-90 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Billy Donovan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:33 · LAL 42-38 OKC
- Missed FT
Paul George misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:23 · LAL 92-95 OKC
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:05 · LAL 92-96 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 77 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
